Pierre Guyotat’s Moral Order Pierre Guyotat’s Moral Order
The French writer’s fiction engages in a radical egalitarian project aimed at negating the right’s nihilism.
May 26, 2026 / Books & the Arts / R.K. Hegelman
Searching for Solidarity at the Train Station Searching for Solidarity at the Train Station
Mattia Filice’s Driver, a poetic novel about train conductors in France, offers an empathetic vision of working for the public.
May 25, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sara Krolewski
Siegfried Kracauer’s Quixotic Anti-War Novel Siegfried Kracauer’s Quixotic Anti-War Novel
In 1928’ s Ginster, the German writer broke the mold of the World War I novel by refusing politics for aesthetics.
May 20, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu
Karen Tei Yamashita on Why We Shouldn't Take Fiction Lightly Karen Tei Yamashita on Why We Shouldn't Take Fiction Lightly
A conversation with the author about her new book’s regretful relevance amidst escalatingly violent ICE detainments.
May 15, 2026 / Q&A / Naomi Elias
The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue
His new novel is as much a work of political philosophy as it is one of fiction.
May 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora
Robert Coover at Bat Robert Coover at Bat
The postmodern writer's 1968 baseball novel is strange and poignant—a work of fiction that ultimately argues for the vitality of fiction itself.
May 7, 2026 / Books & the Arts / John Semley
A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything
In God and Sex, Jon Raymond has recontextualized timeless novelistic questions—on faith and love—in an era of environmental collapse.
Apr 30, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Swoboda
Esther Kinsky’s Celluloid Dreams Esther Kinsky’s Celluloid Dreams
In Seeing Further, a novel obsessed with the tactile feeling of arthouse cinema, the sad state of our moviegoing comes into focus.
Apr 28, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Walker Rutter-Bowman
Wolfgang Koeppen—“Poet of Failure” Wolfgang Koeppen—“Poet of Failure”
The German writer’s postwar works were ruthless in their condemnation of a country that, in its inability to reckon with historical atrocity, was beyond reform.
Apr 22, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Pankaj Mishra
Larry McMurtry’s Tall Tales Larry McMurtry’s Tall Tales
By questioning the myth of the cowboy, he offered a different kind of legend, one more suited to this country and its contradictions.
Apr 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Gus O’Connor